Zeus, whose will has marked for manThe sole way where wisdom lies;Ordered one eternal plan:Man must suffer to be wise.Head-winds heavy with past illStray his course and cloud his heart:Sorrow takes the blind soul's part -Man grows wise against his will.For powers who rule from thrones aboveBy ruthlessness commend their love.
-Aeschylus
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